GRE Word List
ENDEMIC
belonging or native to a particular people or country
The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |